Gelehrtentum und Patrizierstand

Sixtus Tucher (1459-1507), the privileged son of a patrician family, decided to become a clergyman. To what extent was this his own decision, and what part of it was dictated by others? Where did he have an impact, and where did his environment have an impact on him? In addition to these questions, Antonia Landois deals with the relationship between the class he was born into and the »acquired« scholarly status. She studies the role of religiousness and piety in his life and the role played by self-dramatization and ascription in the image created of a person. How does one picture the degree and the quality of the social networking of a humanistic scholar such as Tucher? Did scholars keep to themselves? The author presents her approach to the spheres of influence of this multifaceted Nuremberg humanist and analyzes what can be inferred from this for the humanism movement in an urban context.